Improvement in machines fob, cutting tot pails from wood



AM. PHOTO-LITHO. C0.N.Y. (OSBORNE'S PROCESS) initri tstrs atnt ffice,

HENRY MELLISH, 0F WALPOLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNORVTO DAVID LYMAN, WASHINGTON WHITNEY, AND GILMAN WAITE.

Letters .Patent No. 63,415, dated April 2, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN:

Beit known that I, HENRY MELLISH, of Walpole, in the county of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Making Toy Poils, Pails, Buckets; etc.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a ring and conical scroll combined, with suitable cutters attached, which if passed longitudinally over asuitably-prepared revolving cylinder of wood, helically cut conical shnvings or pieces will be produced of suitable form to constitute bodies oi' toy pnils, buckets, etc.

To enable others skilled in the art tomeke and Ause my invention, I will proceed to describeits construction and operation.

Figure l is n perspective view of thc machine.

Figure 2 is a ring and conical scroll combined, to which cutters are attached.

Figure 3 is a cross-section of the scroll, showing the arrangement of the cutters.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the machine, with a log or cylinder in place.

Figure 5 is a representation ot' the body of a pail as it comes from the machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all gures. l

A A1 the frame ofthe machine, with the rails or ways B B1 to fasten the tail centrercst C to, and also for the slide-rest D to traverse on; and the rails E E for the head centre F, and the driving pinion and pulley-arbor, G, to turn in. The fx1-oc plate or chuck H has its arbor, and the tailI centre I arranged in front of and on a line parallel to the way Bl. This t-ail centre-rest is movable on the ways, and is made fast to them with bolts passing up through the rest, and hooking on to their lower edges by turning the nuts a a firmly down upon the rest. L is a hollow conical scroll, extending from the helical side of the ring Z, which ring is cylindrical in its inner surface to the commencement of the scroll. This ring has an arm, c, .extending from it, by which means it is attached to the under side'ot' the slide-rest with the screws d, in such manner as to leave a space, di, between the rest and the scroll. At the opening or mouth of the scroll, the knife M is made fast to it with the screws e, und is for the purpose ot' paring the shuvings or bodies ot` pails or were to be manufactured from the log. The edge ot' this knife is crooked or gouge-shaped at the pointf, for thc 'purpose of cutting the crozing in the shaving or body of the ware to receive the bottom, (sec f1, iig. 5.) This knife ,is crooked at the end L, to give the required shape to the bottom end of the ware, (sec z', fig. 5.) N is a cutter, attached to the ring 6, in combination with thcscroll, with the screws jj, which cutter bears between the pivots clc rmly upon the knife M, and is so bcnt or formed as to cut the upper edge of the ware to the required form. O is a cutter, attached to the scroll with the screw Z, for the purpose of paring the core of the cylinder to fit the end m of the scroll, which cud is cylindrical on its inner surface, into the scroll as far as the end .7i ot' the cutter M. The cutters Maud N are arranged diagonally on the ring and scroll to give them a drawing,r cut, by which means the cutting apparatus will be drawn forward as required when operating the machine. I

Operation. Prepare a cylinder of wood 'to tit into the ring bof scroll L, with a kerf or scoring, n, on one side of it from one end of it to the other, (see tig` 4,) which scoring should be deep enough to give the required conical form and thickness to the shaving to be taken ott; and having;r steamed the cylinder to render it so pliable as to be pared oii` without splitting, it lis then suspended between the head and tail centres, (see l?, iig. 4,) the scroll L having been previously thrown back over the teil centre. Now, it will be seen that if proper power is applied to the driving-pulley, and the ring ot' the scroll is drawn cn to the end of the cylinder, bringing the diagonally arranged cutters M and N in ,contact with the timber, the revolving cylinder will be caught by the cutters, and they, by their dra-ving cut, will be drawn gradually along in a direction parallel to the axis of 'the cylinder, so asf'to cut helically around it, producing, at each revolution ofv the cylinder, a shaving of suitable form for the body of a toy pail, pail, or bucket.

IrlavinpI nov.' fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. I claim the conical scroll cutter-head L, for supporting the knife `or knives, arranged in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. I claim arranging or supporting the conical scroll cutter-head L in such a manner as to leave a space between the scroll and the frame of the slide-rest, to which it is attached, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. I claim the combination of the knife M and O with the conical scroll cutter-head L, when operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. I claim the helical ring with its cutterN, in combination with the scroll cutter-head L, substantially as and for. the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses. y

VHENRY MELLISH.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK Voss, JAS. W. MELLISH. 

